Furniture-display device.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. J. SALOMON. FURNITURE DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLIOATIOI FILED 815F114. 1903.

Patented February 21, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JOSEPH SALOMON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FURNITURE-DISPLAY DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,081, dated February21, 1905.

Application filed September 14, 1903. Serial No. 173,066.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SALOMON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a cer tain new and usefulImprovement in Furniture-Display Devices,of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to devices for displaying furniture in stores andware-rooms where it is exhibited for inspection by customers. This classof merchandise is very bulky and takes a large amount of store-room andfloor space, and in the case of tables, desks, and the like it has beencustomary to effect economy in storage and to display the articles atthe same time by disposing them in two tiers. In this way one piece hasbeen piled upon another, necessary protection being afforded, butpartially and uncertainly, by blocks or strips of wood. Thedisadvantages of this practice are apparent. The lower article is at alltimes liable to injury when the upper one is handled above it at armslength, as must necessarily be done. Aheavy Weight bearing upon ahighly-polished surface even when distributed over a protecting-stripmay be injurious to the finish, and the lower article cannot bewithdrawn for examination or delivery unless the upper one is liftedbodily from its position.

It is the object of my invention to provide means by which furniture maybe stored or displayed in the customary double tiers, but to make eachtier independent of the other, to facilitate handling in or out forexamination or otherwise, and to do away with the damage which alwaysfollows to a greater or less degree upon the handling of heavy pieces offurniture and placingor storing them above and upon each other under theconditions named.

Vhile my invention is of general application and may be used in thesupport of a variety of articlessuch as desks, couches, &c.- I haveillustrated and will describe it as applied to the support and displayof tables.

' A practical embodiment of my invention and a preferred constructionthereof is illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a fullelevation of one of my supports and the upper part of another, atable-top, centrally broken away, being supported between them. Figs. 2,3, and 4 are respectively side, end, and bottom views of abail-supporting head adapted to be mounted upon a supporting-column.Fig. 5 is a plan view of the bail, and Fig. 6 is a construction detailof the base by which the standard or column is supported, and Fig. 7shows certain parts thereof.

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawings, in whichlike letters and characters of reference denote like parts throughout, Ais a tubular column of any convenient or desired height adapted to beheld in perpendicular position by the means herein to be described. Tothe top of the column is secured a head B. This may be a casting orstamping, and the attachment may be made by threading the parts togetheror by any other suitable expedient. The head B comprises a body portion6, in which is the attaching-opening (J. The head is rounded tosymmetrical form on the upper side and on the under side may be providedwith grooves 6. Below the grooves and projecting outwardly from thecorners of the body portion are lugs d, whose upper faces (5' are belowthe bottom of the grooves b by the thickness of the material in the bailE. This bail may be formed of a continuous wire, so that the greaterpart thereof makes an elongated oval, while the free ends are offset toform arms a, distant from each other by the length of the body portionof the head B. These arms are then turned substantially parallel to theaxis of the oval, so as to make the hinge-pins e. In the bail soconstructed the pins (1 it the grooves 7/, so as to be seated therein.I/Vhcn turned downwardly, the arms 6 rest on the upper faces (Z of thelugs (Z and are supported thereby in a horizontal position. Thisconstruction makes a readily-removable projecting hinged support whichprojects far enough from the column to engage the under side of atable-top and which being in the elongated oval form gives a substantialbearing therefor. The head B being symmetrically formed for theengagement or hinging thereto of a bail on either side, as many tablesmay be supported by a number of the devices as there are supports, lessone.

The column A is preferably single and tubular and should present a roundsection as less liable to injure furniture which may come in contacttherewith. It may beheld in perpendicular position by the means shown.Two strips of band-iron of suitable width and thickness are bent to formthe horizontal part f, the feet 9, the braces It, and the bearing ends0:. The bearing ends may be bolted to the upright standard. The stripsshould cross each other at right angles beneath the end of the column.At the point of intersection a hole should be made through the twostrips. A

washer 7", preferably of thin metal and whose diameter is slightlylarger than the internal diameter of the standard A, is placed on therivet l, with a spacing-block m therebelow. The rivet is passed throughthe holes of the foot-pieces at their intersection, and the whole issecured together by riveting at Z. A small bolt may be used instead ofthe rivet, if desired, and is to be considered the equivalent thereof.

/V hen the parts are assembled, the tubular standard A is driven intoplace over the washer until the lower end comes in contact with theupper of the two strips f, so that the parts assume the relativepositions shown in Fig. 6. The edges of the washer Z: are thus turneddownwardly and conform accurately to the inside diameter of the column.Theylit themselves to any variations or irregularities in the interiorthereof, and the joint thus formed is riveted and secured against anypossibility of side slip on the part of the column.

I have described my invention with reference to a practical andoperative embodiment thereof. I do not, however, limit myself to theexact form of construction shown, but claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, the following:

1. In a furniture-display device, a support, ahead thereon, a bailhaving two ends seated in sockets in the head, and means on the head forsupporting the bail in a horizontal position, substantially as setforth.

2. In a furniture-display device, a support, ahead thereon,bearing-points under the head, lugs projecting therefrom, and a bailwith arms adapted to rest upon the lugs, and hinge-pins arranged atright angles to said arms to engage the bearing-points, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a furniture-display device, a supporting column, a head mountedthereon and formed with open sockets, a bail with free ends adapted toengage the sockets in the head, and means attached to the head tosupport the bail in a horizontal position, substantially as set forth.

4. In a furniture-display device, a supporting-column, a head mountedthereon, a bail with free ends adapted to engage sockets on the bottomof the head and forming pivotal supports for the bail, andsupporting-lugs projecting from the head to support the bail in ahorizontal position, substantially as set forth.

5. In a furniture-display device a single tubularsupporting-column,abail with free ends, and a head, said head beingcentrally attached to the upper part of the column and provided withbearing-notches in itslower side and supporting-lugs extending beyondand lower than said notches for the free ends of the bail, said bailbeing pivotally engaged in said notches, substantially as set forth.

6. In a furniture-display device, a tubular shaft, asupporting-base,abolt or rivet passing therethrough, a washer on said bolt or rivet, aspacing-block between the washer and the base, the edges of said washerbeing adapted to bend over the edges of said spacing-block when insertedin the tubular shaft, substantially as set forth.

7. In a furniture-display device, a tubular shaft, a supporting-base,such base comprising continuous strips of metal with ends secured toopposite sides of the shaft and crossing centrally therebeneath, meansfor securing said strips together at their crossing, said securing meansbeing continued upwardly into the tubular shaft, substantially as setforth.

8. In a furniture-display device, a tubular shaft, a supporting-base,such base comprising continuous strips of metal with ends secured toopposite sides of the shaft and crossing centrally therebeneath, a boltor rivet to secure said strips at their crossing, a washer thereon, anda spacingblock between the washer and the base-strips, the edges of saidwasher being adapted to bend over the spacing-block and conform to theinterior of the tubular shaft when the same is placed thereover,substantially asset forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day ofSeptember, A. D. 1903.

JOSEPH SALOMON.

\Vitnesses:

C. K. CHAMBERLAIN, ANNIE S. PHILLIPS.

